When Mike Brewer was judging the concours at the Silverstone Classic a couple of years ago, we tackled him about it, and he said that they would love to do one, but whenever they looked at it, they weren't able to work out a way of making it viable (even using the way they cost things, which isn't terribly realistic). Here he is, gazing lustfully at my underbonnet area!....

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....Roger

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When Mike Brewer was judging the concours at the Silverstone Classic a couple of years ago, we tackled him about it, and he said that they would love to do one, but whenever they looked at it, they weren't able to work out a way of making it viable (even using the way they cost things, which isn't terribly realistic). Here he is, gazing lustfully at my underbonnet area!....

Brewer 1.jpg

I don't think they thought about it much or looked for the right example very long.

To pick one that had been stood in a field for ages and needed totally going through would be wrong,but there are others available that are decent running cars just lacking in a handful of areas and these would have suitable...and would show a small profit when you ignore labour costs,as they do.

Looking at it another way,I believe Jim has just posted for sale a 5A with great paintwork and interior but dry stored off the road for some years.The re-commissioning of such as this would make good viewing.

Anyway it won't happen now because the programme seems to have gone to the States for good.